Not to say none of them will ever come back, but to this point they have been 1 hit wonders.

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Not quite. Vanilla and rare came out at the same time. Rare isn't a seasonal. GI has already said they will never make vanilla again due to the difficulty of cleaning out the vanilla from the tanks afterwards.

Not quite. Vanilla and rare came out at the same time. Rare isn't a seasonal. GI has already said they will never make vanilla again due to the difficulty of cleaning out the vanilla from the tanks afterwards.

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Thanks for the info. I thought rare and vanilla might have been the same time.

I doubt we will see Rare again either. Only way is if they secure a crapload of Pappy 23yo barrels. It'd be nice though as then we'd see KH again too. Probably my only chance to try either. I got heavy into craft beer about 6 months too late to get in on either of those when they weren't megaubershelfwhales.

A spec's employee told my brother that Abyss was having label approval issues and that is why it has taken so long to get here. I guess seeing it on the list of approved labels means he was right and we should expect it soon?

I wouldnt be surprised, this same employee told me that Abyss only comes out every two years which we know isnt true. The only reason I believe him this time is that he says Dissident is his favorite beer and he was told by his distributor that it would be 10 days until their store got it. Who knows...I ended up ordering it online.

Label approvals cost money. If they never intend to send it, why spend the money?

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Well...they have also been submitting labels and paying for licenses since...2009 I think? Somewhere around 100-125 cases of Cherry BCBS were produced. No way in hell Texas will get any when some stores are only receiving half a case shipments.

Well...they have also been submitting labels and paying for licenses since...2009 I think? Somewhere around 100-125 cases of Cherry BCBS were produced. No way in hell Texas will get any when some stores are only receiving half a case shipments.

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Maybe not retail, but I could see a keg (or a case of bombers) showing up at say, a Goose Island Texas launch party....

Well...they have also been submitting labels and paying for licenses since...2009 I think? Somewhere around 100-125 cases of Cherry BCBS were produced. No way in hell Texas will get any when some stores are only receiving half a case shipments.

I would be blown away if we saw Bourbon County variants before any GI shelf beers in bottles. I also still have half a case of BCBS 12 so I'm good.

And BCBS 2013 really may not be as good. Barrel room master John Laffler is gone and he is the one that blends it. I am sure it will still be good since its not like they are going to change the base beer recipe or use different bourbon barrels.

I bought a BA Wake up dead the other day and was a little disappointed after checking out the BA score after I got home (75). Haven't tried it yet, but my expectations are pretty low now. At least it was $9.

I bought a BA Wake up dead the other day and was a little disappointed after checking out the BA score after I got home (75). Haven't tried it yet, but my expectations are pretty low now. At least it was $9.

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Me too. I love regular Wake Up The Dead... might have to pop this open tonight.